Colonial days and dames . ss, 2 inches wide, as can bebought for 13 s. per yard; a handsome Fan, with aleather mounting, as good as can be bought for about20 shillings; 2 pair silk shoes, and cloggs a size biggerthan ye shoe. William Pepperell, the father of , seems to have conducted hiscourtship of Miss Hirst in Oriental fashion,making her presents of gold rings, a largehoop, and other ornaments. The fairlady, says the family chronicler, wasalready wooed by her cousin Moody, aschool-master from York, but the modestpretensions of the pedagogue were des-tined to make no headway agai
Colonial days and dames . ss, 2 inches wide, as can bebought for 13 s. per yard; a handsome Fan, with aleather mounting, as good as can be bought for about20 shillings; 2 pair silk shoes, and cloggs a size biggerthan ye shoe. William Pepperell, the father of , seems to have conducted hiscourtship of Miss Hirst in Oriental fashion,making her presents of gold rings, a largehoop, and other ornaments. The fairlady, says the family chronicler, wasalready wooed by her cousin Moody, aschool-master from York, but the modestpretensions of the pedagogue were des-tined to make no headway against so for-midable a rival as the future baronet, whowas even then the heir of a fortune, favoredwith engaging manners and the tact whichfashionable life and political eminence con-fer, So the poor school-master wrote valein the diary in which he had transcribedthe charms of his Dulcinea, and the victo-rious Pepperell led Miss Hirst to the altar. An old portrait marked Lady Pepper-ell and her sister Miss Royal, represent-. WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS. 20$ ing two demure little maidens of thirteenand fourteen seated upon a sofa together,the elder with a humming-bird poised uponone hand as if to proclaim it an Americanpainting, attracted the attention of thewriter, and led her to investigate the family-line to learn why there are no Pepperellsin the New England life of to-day. Ittranspired that William Pepperell, thegrandson of the victor of Louisburg, whomarried Elizabeth Royal, died withoutheirs. The name thus became extinct inAmerica, the family being represented bySparhawks, Huttons, Tylers, Snows, andothers. Miriam Tyler, a granddaughter ofSir William Pepperell, married a certainColonel Williams ; after her death he mar-ried, in turn, a Miss Wells, and for his thirdwife a shrewish maid by the name of Dick-inson, who treated his children so badlythat they left home and finally joinedthe Shakers at Lebanon. Of this maritalexperience an epigrammatic friend ob-served,— Colonel
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